Sunday, June 2, 2013

Spider, Moth, and Lion

I'm not sure if i'm actively present in this next dream or just an observer. From where i am ?sitting/standing i can see what appears to be a large spider in front of a hedge. I'm trying to figure out if it's real or a fake one but i can't quite see in the low light. It's dusk. The harder i look at the "spider" the more i can't tell, really, what it is. Maybe it's a moth caught in the spiders web, but i can't see the rest of the web so i'm thinking that maybe it's a dead moth that's been caught in scraps if an abandoned web.

As i continue watching, a medium sized spider scuttles into my view. She is remaking the web and i know that the original web was hers and she consumed it and is now rebuilding. Now i can tell for sure that what i took to be a spider is actually a moth. The spider doesn't disturb that moth but rebuilds around it. She starts with the center piece and drop lines before she begins making the sticky spiral. I love watching her make her web and how quickly she works. When she gets to the outer webbing she begins to move very fast. She finishes and returns to the center to wait.

As i'm watching, a very large male lion with an impressive mane sits down in front of me. He is between me and the web. The web is no longer in front of a hedge but is free standing somehow. It's probably four of five feet across and a couple of feet in height. More like a fence than an orb web, although i can still see the traditional octogon-like shape on the left-hand piece of it. Now i can see through to web to a vista of rolling hills beyond. Another large moth has gotten entangled in the web several inches to the right of where the already dead moth is caught (which is well right of the spiral part of the web). The spider runs over to the live moth and begins to prepare it. First is the bite to paralyze the prey and then she begins to wrap the still moving insect in silk.


The entire time this spider is working, the lion is just sitting between me and the show and i'm concerned that he is going to get up and walk away. I'm equally concerned that he will come my way and attack or walk away from me and damage the web by walking right through it. The spider continues wrapping the moth and, just as i feared, the lion gets up and walks into the main part of the web and tears through it. The spider and prey are still "safe" but the main part of the web is destroyed. I feel bad for the spider because she's going to have to rebuilt the entire thing but then i think maybe she won't since she already has food.

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